Quecke

German

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch kweek, English quitch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvɛkə]

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Noun

Quecke f (genitive Quecke, plural Quecken)

1. quitch (Elymus repens)

Declension

Declension of Quecke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Quecke	die	Quecken
genitive	einer	der	Quecke	der	Quecken
dative	einer	der	Quecke	den	Quecken
accusative	eine	die	Quecke	die	Quecken

Further reading

• “Quecke” in Duden online
• “Quecke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Quecke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “Quecke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.